IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™: Portland City Hall Declared a Brain-Free Zone. “This week, the Portland City Council declared City Hall a brain-free zone. This is for a couple of reasons, which you’ll hear about. We’ve got an election roundup. And Gavin Newsom thought Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s idea of burning tax dollars in a big bonfire in front of God and everybody was such a great idea that he’s doing it, too.”